The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sponges in the family Geodiidae (Demospongiae: Astrophorina)
Sim-Smith, C.; Kelly, M. (2015). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sponges in the family Geodiidae (Demospongiae: Astrophorina). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 128. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA): Wellington. 102 pp.
Part of: NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA): Wellington. ISSN 1174-0043, more
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| Keywords |
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species Geodia campbellensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia chathamensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia copiosa Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia ewok Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia harpago Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia kermadecensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia leosimi Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia margarita Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia praelonga Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia sadiemillsae Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia sagitta Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia tenera Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia vadi Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS]; Geodia williami Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal |
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New Zealand EEZ; Australian EEZ |
| Abstract |
The Geodiidae Gray, 1867 of New Zealand (Demospongiae Sollas, 1885: Tetractinellida Marshall, 1876: Astrophorina Sollas, 1887) are reviewed and inventoried from new and existing collections within the NIWA Invertebrate Collection at Wellington, with more than 300 specimens examined and registered, four of which are from the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). |
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